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world focus magazine Published this article page no  130 EARLY HUMANS LIVED IN NORTHERN INDIA 80000 YEARS AGO Why in news? An archaeological excavation carried out in the trenches at Dhaba in the upper Son river valley in Madhya Pradesh has found evidence of the continuous human occupation in this area almost 80000 years ago. More on news  The excavation unearthed a large tool industry (Lithic Industry) spanning the period of the Toba supereruption. o The large Megalithic tools were dated between approximately 80000 years and 65000 years and the small tools were dated at approximately 50000 years. o Therefore suggesting a continuous inhabiting of this region by humans undisturbed by the supereruption. o The tools strongly resemble stone tool assemblages from the African Middle Stone Age (MSA) and Arabia and the earliest artefacts from Australia suggesting that it is likely the product of Homo sapiens as they dispersed eastward out of Africa. Significance of the findings with respect to Human Population Dispersal  world focus magazine buy.

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